Middleware Administrator

The Middleware Administrator is responsible for hosting, deployment, monitoring and managing web, application servers and other dependent software and hardware. Provide 24x7 support for the middleware applications and infrastructure. Be on a monthly On-Call schedule to support Production environment after business hours. Keeping all infrastructure and middleware components up-to-date with latest patches. Coordinate deployments across Production and Non-Production environments through predefined process. Work in close proximity to application, business teams and Vendors. Help business and application teams to triage and resolve technical issues with Weblogic and infrastructure impacting their application.

Requirements

DETAILED LIST OF JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support the design and development of J2EE systems that host WebLogic and monitoring infrastructure

Monitor health and provide problem resolution that includes the diagnosis and root cause analysis of application and server issues with the various tools like Wily/OEM and Tivoli.

Perform Installation, Upgrade, configure and maintain Apache, OHS, Weblogic and MQ servers.

Support standard software maintenance, and application deployments to prod and non-prod environments by following project management office guidelines.

Provide high-level technical assistance to application development teams with deployments a

Maintaining the system integrity and security by following the industry standard IT Controls

Provide systems management support for the Middleware environments

Provide support for Middleware related problems, including HTTP Servers, WebLogic Servers including Oracle Weblogic and other Fusion middleware tools.

Identify and successfully troubleshoot problems. Work across EHS teams to ensure problems get resolved.

Monitor infrastructure capacity. Provide capacity analysis and recommend J2EE, Database, and OS turning and upgrade recommendations

Perform related duties as required and provide off-hours support for Middleware related issues.

Provide training to colleagues and Participate in Disaster Recovery effort

Support the implementation of EHS performance SLAs through support of volume/stress testing and capacity management

Implement automation of systems administration and software migration for QA and Production

Develop relationships with QA and development organizations and establish application turnover procedures and process enhancements

Provide architecture and configuration recommendations to ensure deployed environments are WebLogic best practice and J2EE compliant

Provide technical assistance to agency users and other agency personnel throughout the company on technical, professional and/or administrative matters

Evaluate other Oracle and IBM tools, and support them as necessary

Troubleshooting issues in various environments

Available for off-hour deployments and provide 24x7 on-call production support on a rotation basis

QUALIFICATIONS: Required Skills & Knowledge:

Strong experience with Oracle WebLogic Server (Enterprise Edition) 11g and 12c Administration

Good experience with any Identity, authentication and authorization systems.

Experience in securely handling PHI data and infrastructure hosting PHI.

Experience with design, installation configuration, testing, migration and implementation of Oracle Weblogic and IBM MQ on Linux, AIX, and Windows platforms.

Strong knowledge of J2EE Architecture, Weblogic Application server, Apache WebServer

Detailed understanding of Weblogic Application Server Clustering for High Availability

Understanding of foreign JMS concepts and Connection Factories

Installation and management of security certificates

Scripting skills to automate jobs using WLST scripting

Good understanding and experience with various operating systems (Linux, AIX, Windows etc.)

Good understanding and experience with network infrastructure for e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, Firewall, router, load balancer etc.

Independent, confident, self-learning and proactive approach to troubleshooting and resolving issues

Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

7 years of IT experience with at least 4 years of Weblogic administration

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or computer science or related field or equivalent experience.

Preferred: Certification in J2EE Application servers and AWS hosting